Slinging Around First Draft Emails

I think a lot of us are slinging around first-draft emails. They're thoughtless, cold, impersonal. We've turned email into a task-list and nevermind who's on the receiving end of our productivity.

Call me maybe, but I think we need to go for second-draft emails. This is where you take a second stab at the note before hitting send. You add the person's name. You respect them by capitalizing the first letter in their name. You add a note of kindness and if you're really crazy, maybe an encouraging sign-off.

Ben, even the first email you ever sent me in response to an inquiry was written with great intention and sincerity--even though you didn't know me from Adam! Even from one email, I felt seen and heard. That's big.

Thanks for modeling this, Ben, and for speaking to it now! It matters a great deal in this day and age.

I am chief of sinners on this one. I knock out emails 99% from my phone, in a hurry, and get very lazy. You've encountered this from me, no doubt! :(
Good reminder to pause and consider the impact (especially in an ask!) of our communication.

Ben,
I 100% agree with this. This makes me feel way less guilty for the amount of time I "waste" editing and perfecting my emails. For me it is all driven by one of my professional goals i set a few years ago: "I want people to eagerly read & respond to my emails."